One Scan, Many Tomorrows: Predicting Longitudinal Brain Development with Implicit Neural Representations

Why seeing a baby brain’s “future” matters right now

Can neural implicit representations predict brain developmment. Image created with DALL-E.

In the last trimester of pregnancy and the first weeks after birth, the human brain grows and folds at breakneck speed. Subtle deviations in this choreography can foreshadow later challenges in cognition, motor function, or learning. Clinicians and scientists there…